Aluki Kotierk, President, NTI Opening Remarks to the Standing Committee on Legislation Bill 25 – proposed Education Act amendments
Aluki Kotierk, President, NTI Opening Remarks to the Standing Committee on Legislation Bill 25 – proposed Education Act amendments Monday, November 25, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Introductory Remarks Thank you, chairperson and members, for the opportunity to...
Board Of Directors - Live Audio
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Board of Directors - Live audio August 26-28, Resolute Bay, NU. Nunavut Tunngavik INC is on Mixlr
Inuit Pleased at Co-Developed Federal Government Directive Aimed at Implementing the Government Contracting Promises (Article 24) of the Nunavut Agreement
Inuit Pleased at Co-Developed Federal Government Directive Aimed at Implementing the Government Contracting Promises (Article 24) of the Nunavut Agreement (Iqaluit, August 15, 2019) Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) is pleased at the release of the...
Government of Canada passes symbolic Indigenous Languages Act
The Act falls short of addressing governments’ historic efforts to eradicate Inuktut and other Indigenous languages The Federal Indigenous Languages Act, Bill C-91, has received Royal Assent. Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) President Aluki Kotierk...
Climate Leadership by and for Nunavut Inuit
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) Vice-President, James Eetoolook from Taloyoak, Nunavut spoke about Inuit knowledge in climate policy and decision making at the release of the National Inuit Climate Change Strategy in Inuvik, Northwest Territories,...
McLean Class Action for Federal Day Schools Objection Period Deadline is May 3
The Mclean Class Action for Federal Day Schools will offer some former day school students compensation as part of a proposed settlement agreement. The Mclean Class Action for Federal Day Schools excludes many schools and limits eligible years. Former...
PSA: Kivalliq Hall Common Experience Payment
Former students who attended Kivalliq Hall from the period of June 12, 1985 to December 3I, 1997, who meet the criteria under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (“IRSSA”), are eligible to apply for compensation in the form of a...
Is Nunavut education criminally inadequate?
(New York, New York) 2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Languages. It also marks 20 years since the establishment of the Nunavut territorial public government.Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) President Aluki Kotierk reflects back on what...
Creating Employment Opportunities for Inuit Through Inuktut Skills
Iqaluit, Nunavut - On the eve of the 20th anniversary of Nunavut’s creation, Inuit are investing more than $5.4 million over three years in accredited Inuktut language training through the Pirurvik Centre. “Inuit are proud to invest in the Pirurvik...
Apology A Step To Continued Reconciliation In Nunavut
(March 8, 2019 – Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Inuit leaders accept Canada’s apology for its role in the forced treatment of Nunavut Inuit during the tuberculosis epidemic from the 1940s to the 1960s. The apology was attended by Nunavut Tunngavik...